Naples Illustrated

Natural Selection

A visit to the remote Galápagos Islands is a veritable rite of passage for world travelers. Located more than 500 nautical miles west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, this ecologically diverse archipelago functions as a living museum of natural history—a mind-boggling foreign landscape where plants and animals have evolved for centuries without human interference.

For the most part, even high-end travel to this remote area has typically entailed elements of roughing it: Pricey-yet-outdated expedition ships showcase Charles Darwin’s fantasy islands with an

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